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Time: Encrypt your messages online with an Enigma
German web site “enigmaco.de” has made a Flash version of the well known WWII encryption devices available online that encrypts or decrypts text. Have a try…
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Time: Visualize the Blogosphere
Swedish company PrimeLabs is providing a new screen-saver called “Twingly” that visualizes worldwide RSS feeds on a globe in real time…
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NASA: World Wind 1.4 released
NASA has released a new version of their virtual globe software called World Wind. Also called by users of the software the “Google Earth killer”, this release brings many new features that are not available in other globe software packages. Besides being able to fly-over the Moon and Mars, the software also allows to layer additional images from other servers over the surface of the globes. Other new features include a timer to simulate and synchronized the Sun’s position when using Sun Shading, to create time lapsed or reverse running movies, a WMS Importer and an Anaglyph 3D mode to see World Wind in true 3D with Red/Blue-glasses that are often given away for free…
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Stupid IT Moments (1): Disjoint Twins
Web log The daily WTF reports on a computer idiocy occurred with the Sun Life Canada insurance. The software to register children did not allow to enter the same birth date for two children on one cover plan. Ever heard of twins? …As the recent father of twin babies, Philip B. was relieved to learn [...]
Video: Wardriving meets Mainstream
What was once considered an underground way to get free bandwidth – driving around with a computer in a car and trying to find unprotected or otherwise “open” wireless Internet access points aka “war driving” – is now more and more being covered by mainstream media. This time it’s BBC 3 with their…
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Web Browsers: Vulnerability comparison between IE and Firefox
The “Washington Post” has an interesting comparison of security vulnerabilities for the two most used web browsers – Internet Explorer and Firefox. The report states that during 2006 Internet Explorer was unsafe for 284 days while Firefox was unsafe for only 9 days. To calculate the unsafe periods the report uses statistics on how long it took…
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